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How Native Nations Governed is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how Native nations organized their governments, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.5.3-5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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How Native Nations Governed

D2.Civ.5.3-5

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Choose the best answer.

1.Which nation joined the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in 1722 as the sixth nation?
  • A.The Hopi
  • B.The Lakota
  • C.The Tuscarora
2.How did many Plains bands decide important matters?
  • A.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  • B.By letting one child decide
  • C.By asking a Spanish governor
3.Which writing system helped the Cherokee Nation print its laws and a newspaper?
  • A.Morse code
  • B.Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • C.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
4.The Haudenosaunee Confederacy first joined how many nations?
  • A.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  • B.Two: the Cherokee and the Navajo
  • C.Fifty, one for each state
5.What did the Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy join together?
  • A.The thirteen colonies
  • B.Five European countries
  • C.Many towns, each with its own council
6.What is the agreement that united the Haudenosaunee nations called?
  • A.The Articles of Confederation
  • B.The Great Law of Peace
  • C.The Mayflower Compact
7.In what year did the Cherokee Nation adopt a written constitution?
  • A.1492
  • B.1950
  • C.1827
8.Why did the Haudenosaunee nations unite under one council?
  • A.To elect a President of the United States
  • B.To end the wars among them and keep peace
  • C.To build a railroad

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

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  1. 1.The Tuscarora
  2. 2.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  3. 3.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  4. 4.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  5. 5.Many towns, each with its own council
  6. 6.The Great Law of Peace
  7. 7.1827
  8. 8.To end the wars among them and keep peace

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.